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Etrian Odyssey Community Thread: The Ongoing Adventures of Fight and Heal
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E_Darkness
Member
But how will I know now in battle who should attack and who should heal?
We will never know.
You didnt like SMT IV?
Because I posted EOIV stuffs on Etrian Mystery Dungeon thread, that's why
Yeah I should learn 2 read >__>
lol
You enlist their bootleg counterparts, Roughhouse and Remedy.
That's the name of my new punk rock band.
Impressive.
Does this make Warped Savior without chemicals the only superboss that has yet to be soloed?
Faffy and Chloe's Excellent Adventure.
E_Darkness
Member
I've finished everything I was currently playing (Xenoblade and Steins;Gate were looooong), so I'm gonna hop back in on EO3. Though I'm pretty sure I only did the first floor so I'm going to restart the game.
I think I have seen vids of Solo Protector beating Primevil.
There are a lot of people that seem to have trouble finishing EO3 for some reason. Heh.
Did you play Xenoblade on the 3DS? If so, how's it there?
E_Darkness
Member
Probably because it's a bad game.
I said probably
Very much playable. Never played the Wii version, but screens of it look a lot nicer but that's what you get when you take a console game and put it on a handheld. But yeah, other than looking a bit murky it was wonderful.
Gunstar Ikari
Unconfirmed Member
My playthrough of EO3 has been on hiatus for the better part of a year lol
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I can't believe how many regulars we have in here that haven't played/finished the best game in the damn series.
This makes a good pulp novel title.
I did put it down halfway through for a while, but I went back to it and finished all 3 endings.
EOIV was the better game.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
bruh
You know I'm right
HEH. I always wondered if you could do it with that set up. I was never crazy enough to actually grind it out that far though.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
you're never right.
I did, I just don't consider it a 10/10 game like the other ones.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I don't need any of you, bunch of heretics.
Princess is my favorite class in the whole series so I don't mind.
I'm a big Bard fan, so I love them all anyways, best classes.
You have failed me.
Princess is my favorite class in the whole series so I don't mind.
I'm a big Bard fan, so I love them all anyways, best classes.
You have failed me.
Flying Toaster
Member
Clearly Persona Q is the winner but for the sake of argument we will take it out of the running.
Four 4 life!
And if anyone argues unless of course they picked Persona Q then they are stupid and wrong!
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
EO3 is worth playing, but take breaks between the games.
4 is the best "first EO game" but EO3 is the best one.
Flying Toaster
Member
Completely worth playing. But like anything else when you binge it. Take breaks in between.
3 is what sold me on the entire series and 4 is really what made the series an easy pick in any top ten list for hand held games when people ask for my recommendations.
I'm baffled you're even asking this when 99% of GAF have EOIII as their favorite in the series
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I hate you even more than before, ohlawdy, because now I have to hear Frog's theme every single time I see you.
and it's awesome.
But yeah screw you.
and it's awesome.
But yeah screw you.
EO3 is probably the most solid, but also radical game of the series.
I'd suggest you finish EO4 first, then see if you want more. Then I'd suggest you play EO3 before the Untold games.
Seriously though, EO3 is great, if a bit unbalanced due to subclassing. The classes are interesting and varied, and the dungeon design is more interesting than 4's. The ship minigame is eh but it gave us the Scylla exploit so I can't complain. The story is also pretty good, and I hope they try to do something like this again in another game. It'll certainly be something cool to revisit for EOU3.
Also Ninjas.
Also Ninjas.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
All I want from EO3U is buffed Wildlings.
and for it to be the best game of all time.
I should do another run of III then. get in on that Warrior Might crap you guys ride. dunno if I can handle one of the routes tho. my heart is too fragile ;_;
much love, breh
much love, breh
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Have some self respect and don't use WM.
but I don't respect myself
everyone says EOIII has the funnest classes/subs but which exactly are the borked among borked? educate me pls
what was my old team again?
B/G
H/N
G/A
Z/N
M/P
what else can I do? for starters, I guess I can use classes I haven't used before like Wildling and the route exclusives. and I'll try to have a main Princess instead of subbing her lolol
I've only played IV, PQ, and maybe 65% of III, so I know my 2 cents don't count for much but...
EOIII definitely has the better classes. They're super unique, tons of fun and you can do a lot with them. The dungeon design is generally better and more creative, and the NPCs are loads of fun. I haven't finished the story, but it's legitimately intriguing.
But IV... Etrian Odyssey IV. The overworld, the upgraded visuals, the various mini-dungeons, the improved music, skill progression and legitimately intriguing story progression makes it one of my most beloved RPGs. I can definitely see why people prefer III over IV but...
IV was just so damn good for me. So damn good.
EOIII definitely has the better classes. They're super unique, tons of fun and you can do a lot with them. The dungeon design is generally better and more creative, and the NPCs are loads of fun. I haven't finished the story, but it's legitimately intriguing.
But IV... Etrian Odyssey IV. The overworld, the upgraded visuals, the various mini-dungeons, the improved music, skill progression and legitimately intriguing story progression makes it one of my most beloved RPGs. I can definitely see why people prefer III over IV but...
IV was just so damn good for me. So damn good.
I feel the same way
hell, I went back and read through the EOIV OT a second ago from when I first started playing the demo, to getting the full game then finishing it like a week later. got way too many good memories. and when the GotY 2013 voting thread popped up, I knew I had no choice but to make it my number one. shiet, the first sentence I wrote for EOIV was like "easily my GotY and nothing else comes close". something like that
hell, I went back and read through the EOIV OT a second ago from when I first started playing the demo, to getting the full game then finishing it like a week later. got way too many good memories. and when the GotY 2013 voting thread popped up, I knew I had no choice but to make it my number one. shiet, the first sentence I wrote for EOIV was like "easily my GotY and nothing else comes close". something like that
Like subclass them onto other classes to totally dilute class identity!
I guess I'm the 1% who puts EOIII at the bottom of the list (excluding OG EO1 which I never got more than a couple hours into). It's not a bad game by any means but it's my least favorite of the series due mainly to how much of a mess subclassing is and the sailing overworld system (which, to its credit, is nowhere near as bad as that abominable, sadistic, and otherwise horrible overworld map of SMTIV).
Even though it was fun to approach subclassing from a metagame/puzzle angle (full disclosure: I spent hours on the skill simulator messing with builds), it just still doesn't sit right with me that the subclassing system means the better class combos frequently end up being two classes that thematically don't jive at all. Like Hoplite/Ninja (I thought I had escaped /NIN when I quit FFXI!) or Shogun/Buccaneer (a samurai...with guns?) or Monk/Princess (wait, which are you, poverty or royalty?). Additionally, subclassing can totally change a character's role in the party sometimes, which on paper is cool, but in execution is something I didn't like. I mean, I guess some people like the idea of 5 farmer party with different subclasses to fill tank, healing, and damage roles (and I admit, the idea has a certain "lol" charm to it), but I'm not really a fan of that. Give me classes with a stronger role identity.
EOIII also has a nightmarish postgame. The postgame dungeons in all the games in the series dial things up, but despite the great atmosphere of EOIII's, it still feels like the most frustrating and exhausting one...
and the awesome but frustrating postgame boss that I never beat.
Dungeon design, music, class concepts and visual design (<3 Ninja and Princess especially), and story are all excellent in EOIII, but at the end of the day the bulk of the game is still dungeon crawling and party/character building and the other games do a better job on the latter.
I'd be quite interested in playing an EOIIIU if it got the remake treatment. Aesthetics- and story-wise, I think 3 is the least in need of a remake (of the DS games), but if EOIIIU happened and it did something to tighten the subclassing down just a bit, that would probably be a fantastic game.
This has been unpopular opinion time with omlet. Now back to your regularly scheduled olawd and Mauricio bickering.
Despite my nay-saying, EOIII is definitely worth playing! I would even second the recommendation to play it before the Untold games, but definitely take a break between them or yeah you will get burnt out.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
This community is dead to me.
At least most of you are not crazy like Shizuka and saying PQ is the best one.
At least most of you are not crazy like Shizuka and saying PQ is the best one.